Active [Stonewall Town] (Caelia Barony) Not Your Average Catfight

[Kikimura]

Tomoko Brandy
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Brandy’s gaze drifted up to the forest canopy, eyes tracing the dense, looming branches overhead before falling back to her comrades. A smirk played at the corner of her mouth. "I’ve a brilliant idea," she murmured, pulling her axe free and driving it into the trunk of a smaller tree nearby. The blade bit deep, and with a few swift swings, the tree splintered and fell. She worked quickly, hacking the timber down into manageable pieces, her hands steady and sure.
"We’ll take these smaller trees," she said, her voice calm yet commanding, "and chop them into short logs. Set them in a line before each of the big ones we need to fell." She paused, arranging the chopped wood before one of the larger, sickly trees, laying out her plan.
"We bring down the big ones," she continued, her voice lilting with a hint of mischief, "and let them roll."
She glanced around, watching her comrades as the idea took shape in their minds, her smirk widening. In this rugged place, with resources stretched thin, there was no need for brute force when cleverness would do.

 

[Elvario]

Tag and character goal:
Kikimura Tomoko Brandy – Go through a training arc. | Get ripped.

Out of the three, it was the Elf whom, surprisingly enough, reacted first.

Sherwood

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“Can't we use these instead.” He'd suggest, pointing at the bigger branches of the trees they were meant to cut down. They'd have to remove them in order to get these logs out, so they might as well use the trees' own branches to try get them rolled out of there.

Ethel

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“HAVE AT THEE!!!” Could be heard from the nearest big tree that was their target, as Ethel hacked away at it like a madwoman possessed. At this point, she might just sent the whole thing tumbling down upon herself. Or another. Or all of them.

Otto Walton

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“Ehm...” The otter stated, looking a tad nervous. Clearly not eager to stop Ethel, but also not eager to be around the tree when it'd fall in any random direction. “I'll scout a path through the forest and clear up the easiest path to get these logs out unto the main road.” He'd state, as he went off to do just that.

 

[Kikimura]

Tomoko Brandy

"Good idea, Sher. I like your thinki—" Brandy’s words were abruptly cut off as Ethel, with unrestrained enthusiasm, swung her axe into a nearby tree, the sheer force of her strike echoing through the forest. The sight was almost too much, and before Brandy could stop herself, a soft, awestruck whisper escaped her lips, “Isn’t she so precious?”

Realizing what she’d just said aloud, Brandy’s cheeks flushed a deep red. She quickly turned, trying to mask her embarrassment as she made her way to a conveniently distant tree. Gripping her axe with newfound determination, she went to work, stealing the occasional glance back at Ethel, her flustered expression betraying her earlier nonchalance.

 

[Elvario]

Tag and character goal:
Kikimura Tomoko Brandy – Go through a training arc. | Get ripped.

Sherwood

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“Thanks.” He'd reacted to the compliment. Then he went “What..?” on the Ethel being precious part.

Ethel

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“HAH! TAKETH THEE MINE AXETH” She called, as she was definitely starting to chop away at the tree, which was getting thinner and less and less table... to the point that Sherwood got a tad bit of a worried look, as he tried get Brandy's attention.

“Ehm... It'll fall, on her.” He pointed at Ethel, who was vigorously hacking away still, without a care in the world regarding the danger of being squashed by the tree toppling full-force on top of her if she kept going like this. Either she didn't know or she believed that she was strong enough to just tank it. Whatever the case, someone might really want to interrupt her, before things would get ugly and Sherwood didn't seem like he'd do so, whilst Otto had left them to mark the best route to the main road.

 

[Kikimura]

Tomoko Brandy

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Brandy looked from Ethel to the tree and then back to Sherwood, her eyes widening as realization dawned on her.

…

“GODDAMNIT!”

In a flash, she scrambled to her feet, dropping to all fours in a feline burst of speed, dashing toward Ethel with instinctual urgency. She moved with surprising nimbleness, scuttling across the forest floor with her tail flicking in concentration, dodging roots and underbrush as she closed the distance.

With a final leap, she hurled herself at Ethel, arms outstretched as she attempted to tackle her friend away from the path of the falling tree. Her focus was single-minded, her only thought to push Ethel out of harm’s way, her heart pounding in her chest as she braced for impact.